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SEMINAR INFORMATIONYANKEE SPORTSMAN’S CLASSIC 2016

Vermont’s legendary deer hunters, Lanny and Shane Benoit, will be back anchoring a dynamic group of seminars. They will be discussing the high points of their 2015 season, showing video clips of some of their most exciting kills, and answering your questions. In addition to their presentations, the Benoits make themselves available all weekend long for one-on-one discussions.

Benoit Brothers

Mark Manske established Adirondack Raptor Inc. in 2008 and is the sole owner of the company. He was a public school educator for 27 years, an Adjunct Professor at Paul Smiths College from 2007 to 2012, a wildlife rehabilitator from 1994 through 2002, a master falconer since 2003, a master raptor bander since 1988, and a licensed nuisance wildlife control agent from 2008 through 2012. Mark has also published stories in his column in the EMBARK, a periodical that is published every other month by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake. He has published several articles on birds of prey in scientifi c journals through the years. Mark trained under the tutelage of

Drs. Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom (graduate students of Aldo Leopold and world renowned biologists) in the early 1980s at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.

Live Birds of Prey Demonstrations

Captain Matt Trombley holds a 100 Ton USCG Master Captains lic, is a New York Lic guide & a member of the Vermont Outdoor Guide Assoc. He is a career Firefi ghter by trade, working for the City of Burlington VT Fire Dept for eighteen years. Matt is the owner & operator of 3rd Alarm Charters & Guide Service, offering Group Charters on Lake Champlain, Ontario & The Hudson River, along with drift boat trips on the Salmon River & many smaller bodies of water in Vermont. Matt has grown up hunting & fi shing the Woods & Waters of Vermont & New York & has been guiding for ten years. Matt is versed at Trolling tactics for Trout, Salmon & Striped Bass, casting & fl y fi shing for

Bass, Pike & steelhead & spends over 200 days a year on the Lake & Rivers of his business offerings!

Captain Matt Trombley

Ken Hammel grew up in Altoona Pennsylvania and has been a whitetail hunting fanatic since the age of 12. He has 30 years of experience hunting the North American whitetail deer, in fact in 10 consecutive deer seasons he harvested bucks scoring 130 to 189 7/8inches on the Boone and Crockett Gross scale. He also has harvested three Giant Whitetails scoring over 170 inches, all on public land where anyone can hunt. Ken is a nationally known caller and hunter. His expertise in hunting the whitetail deer has allowed him to be successful in the many States and Canadian Provinces that he hunts. He has harvested over 100 whitetails in his lifetime, 70 percent of them being bucks. His knowledge on how to rattle in the big North American whitetail deer is second to none. He has rattled, called, and used scents in order to be successful time and time again. Come along and listen to Ken speak on how to help you understand how

to rattle in those incredible big whitetails to your tree stand in your neck of the woods. Ken is the Owner of Mountain Hollow Game Calls, Inc. Because of his knowledge of rattling, building grunt calls, and using deer scents, his seminars will help you, the deer hunter, outwit that big buck of a lifetime.

Ken Hamel

A deeper look into Vermont’s Outdoor Sporting Community“Human, Nature” The H-Teams’s latest more love fi lm gives viewers a deeper look into Vermont’s Outdoor Sporting Community; its traditions, values and future. It’s not about the catch or the kill, it’s the sense of belonging that comes with a connection to the great outdoors. This in depth look of our hunting and angling heritage contains dozens of interviews and outstanding footage you won’t want

to miss. You can fi nd and share the fi lm at YankeeClassic.net and see it at the Classic on Saurday, Jan. 16th for a special viewing, with special guests at 11:00 a.m.

Don’t Miss the Documentary... “Human, Nature”

Master Maine Guide and nationally recognized author, Hal Blood is a special breed of deer hunter. Hal has the patience, persistence and tenacity to track big bucks, no matter where they roam. As a hunter and Master Guide, Hal has killed or guided to a kill more than 100 mature whitetail bucks. The Big Woods Bucks Pro-staff, a team Hal and Chris hand selected which consists of experienced Maine Guide with nearly a century and half of woods experience to share with you. Come visit Hal, his partner Chris Dalti and the Big Woods Buck Pro-Staff at their both to personally share your season with them. They look forward to sharing their experiences with you. The Big Woods Bucks Team will also have

their line of products available at the booth which will include the newly released Real Deal Deer Vol. 1 DVD

The Big Woods Bucks Team - Hal Blood

The Vermont Big Game Trophy Club will be on hand with scorers representing the following clubs: MASTC, NHASTC, NBBC, P&Y, B&C and VBGTC. These nationally acclaimed scorers will be able to offi cially score any species of North American Big Game.

The Vermont Big Game Trophy Club is a non-profi t organization and utilizes a network of volunteer measureers throughout the state to measure trophies and forward this information to the VBGTC offi ces for inclusion in their records keeping program. For more information, check out vermontbig-gametrophyclub.com.

Have Your Trophy Offi cially Scored

Jim is a native Vermonter who now lives in Fairfax VT with his wife and two sons. Jim grew up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and has had a passion for hunting since he was a child. Over the last 20 years Jim has devoted much of his hunting time towards the hunting of Black Bears. Jim has been successful in harvesting Black bears in Vermont and Canada. Jim’s primary method of hunting is from the ground with Archery tackle. Jim has appeared on WCAX Wildlife Watch and has conducted several seminars for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife on Black Bear hunting

Jim Roy

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The Whitetails of North America Collection created by John Laberge of Vergennes, Vermont includes many of the world’s most famous bucks. Standing above all, as full mount replicas, are the current World Record Typical, The Milo Hansen Buck, and the Non-Typical world record, The Missouri Monarch Buck. The collection currently includes over forty, spectacular whitetail typical and non-typical giants from across the continent. Come see this newly created collection of the biggest whitetails that have ever lived.

Don’t miss this excellent opportunity. KNIGHT & PSE Pro Staffer Dean Vanier will be joining us to present his seminar “Calling All Whitetails.” Now with over 35 years hunting experience, Dean shares his wealth of knowledge and sure fi re hunting techniques.

In his seminar, Vanier breaks down the whitetail’s superior defense mechanisms and how the work independently and collectively. His unique perspective on understanding and beating the whitetails superior defense mechanisms and using them to your advantage will increase your odds of success in the deer woods. His concept of using calls and scent to bring deer to you is like inserting a virtual deer into the woods to fool other deer. Vanier goes into detail on scouting and using that information specifi cally for the three phases of the rut. It’s perfect for the expenenced and novice hunter.

To learn more about Dean and his business, North Woods

Hunting Products, please visit his website at team-northwoods .com.

2013 NWTF Roger Latham Award Winner! Joe’s Journey as a sportsman began at the age of 10 as he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and was fully entrenched in the outdoor scene by the age of 18. In 1976, while turkey hunting he met Dick Kirby who had just founded a company called Quaker Boy Game Calls. Ten years later, with much success and knowledge having been acquired by both men, Joe was asked to join the prestigious Quaker Boy Prostaff and thus another segment of his outdoor career had begun.

Since that time Joe has traveled throughout the country producing outdoor videos, instructing at seminars and clinics, while at the same time honing his own skills along the way. Joe has pursued everything from Maine moose to Alabama mallards. His expertise as an “Over the Edge” turkey hunter is well known throughout the Northeast. He has appeared on the Quaker Boy Video Series and has assisted many celebrities and countless sportsmen in their turkey hunt ing adventures. He is a member of the RealTree Advisory Team and the Alpen Optics Pro-Staff and has served two terms as President of the Massachusetts

State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation. He writes an outdoor column and hosts his local cable TV show called On The Ridge. He is dedicated to the future of hunting, so please stop by and introduce yourself.

Bob Howe began hunting and trapping at age 10, he has a wealth of knowledge about the outdoors that astonishes people of all ages and levels of expertise!. He took his information about predators and the successful harvesting of them from a hunters view to a guides view when he became the owner of Pine Grove Lodge in 1998. His guests can attest that he gives them tips that nobody else ever thought of.

Vermont’s Deer Herd, Issues and Answers seminar with Nick Fortin the VTF&W deer biologist.

Whole Deer Processing and Proper Field Dressing with Eric Holmgren.

Black Bear Processing with Theresaand Rodney Elmer.

Women Hunters Questions and Answers with Molly Cook, Mary Murphy, Cheryl Franklin Sullivan

James is owner and operator of Fish Hounds Outdoors in Benson Vermont and has been fi shing the Northeast area his entire life. Since 2000 he has been specializing in guided fi shing trips targeting White and Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, Sunfi sh, Pike, Bass and Walleye. In 2010 James and his good friend Scott Blair started a tournament series called the Vermont Sportsmans Hardwater Tournament Series which has been growing rapidly. Here in the Northeast he helps educate customers and promotes the great sport of fi shing by hosting seminars and free youth clinics. Fishing is where his skills excel, his goal is to help you learn as much as possible. Besides public speaking he has also designed his own twin tailed soft plastic bait the “Jamei” from MakiPlastic. He has had the pleasure of working with Dave Genz the past decade helping to educate the Northeast on the modern ice fi shing system. He has appeared in magazines such as Crappie World, Infi sherman, Field and Stream, Cabelas Outfi tter Journal, Fur Fish & Game and F + W’s Ice Fishing magazine, Crappie Now, ODU Magazine and has worked with Vermont’s Outdoor Journal fi lming on Lake Champlain and just recently did show with Old Harbor Productions.

Having put his fi shing skills against some of the top fi sherman in the country by participating in the Professional ice fi shing circuit and National Qualifi ers,

you are sure to leave his seminar with a better understanding of how to catch more fi sh! In addition to being an Ice Team Pro he is also a Pro Staff member for Clam, Vexilar, Solar Sportsman, Navionics, Lowrance, HT, Hydro Glow Fishing lights, Mr.Heater, FishGillz and Maki Plastic. www.fi shhounds.net

The Whitetails of North AmericaCollection

Dean Vanier

Joe Judd

Bob Howe

VT Fish and WildlifeDepartment SeminarsSee Seminar Schedule Page for Date, Location & Times.

James Vladyk

Saturday 1:15pm-2:30pmPlease join us and moderator Bradley Carleton for the 5th Annual Celebrity Whitetail Symposium, Saturday, Jan 16th from l:15-2:30pm upstairs in the Expo Center seminar room. This year Benoit Brothers, Hal Blood, Bob Howe, Dean Vanier, Ken Hammel and others will all be on stage to answer your questions.

Celebrity WhitetailSymposium

100,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHOW ROOM SPACE!

To learn more about Dean

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